In California, Clean Energy Technologies announced a dedicated HTAP™ based platform designed for integration with existing and planned anaerobic digestion (AD) and renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities. The solution enables AD operators to convert hard-to-digest biomass and AD digestate into additional renewable energy and carbon-rich biochar, improving the overall efficiency and economics of RNG production. […]
In California, a University of San Diego graduate student has won a $15,000 scholarship to advance her pineapple leaf hair ties. Sage Dobby, who cofounded Piña Designs based on the idea, won the award after pitching the biodegradable solution to USD’s 7th Annual Fowler Business Concept Challenge. “We wanted to create a product that helped […]
In Santa Cruz, California, Swellcycle is working to make surfboards more earth- and ocean-friendly by leveraging 3D printing and renewable and recycled materials. Most surfboards are carved out of blocks of petroleum-based foam, and estimates suggest nearly half of the foam goes to waste. Swellcycle’s boards, however, are made from bioplastic 3-D printed filament made […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc. says the Authority To Construct air permits have been issued by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for the mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) energy efficiency project at the Aemetis 65 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Keyes, California. The MVR project is expected to increase cash flow from […]
In California, in comments submitted to the California Air Resources Board, the Renewable Fuels Association recommended the agency require flex fuel vehicle capability in all new vehicles with internal combustion engines sold in California, at the earliest practical model year. The comments were submitted in response to a CARB Drive Forward Light-Duty Vehicle Program Workshop on […]
In California, materials innovator Cambium was awarded a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build artificial intelligence capabilities for identifying novel “bio-enabled extreme-performance” polymer composites. The project will use generative AI to overcome the long-standing trade-off between thermal stability and mechanical strength in structural composites. Cambium and DARPA seek to identify commercially […]
In California, Anaergia has been awarded a C$43.8 million design-build contract by the East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority in San Diego, CA. This agreement extends Anaergia’s partnership with the JPA and will see the Company design, construct, commission and start-up a turnkey, state-of-the-art renewable power generation facility that converts organic waste into […]
In California, Erg Bio has closed a $6.5 million seed round led by Azolla Ventures, with participation from Chevron Technology Ventures, Freeflow, Plug and Play and strategic angel investors. The funding will enable Erg Bio to scale its Aspire™ Technology, a proprietary low-temperature pretreatment and catalytic platform, that aims to transform agricultural and forestry wastes […]
In California, West Biofuels celebrated the official ribbon cutting for Hat Creek Bioenergy, a biomass-to-energy facility which the company constructed and is operating. This flagship facility represents years of collaboration with local, regional and statewide partners and converts forest biomass into renewable power, supporting forest stewardship and providing clean energy directly to the local electrical […]
In California, OroCarbo has selected Haffner Energy’s SYNOCA® 20 MW module for integration into a 100 ton/day biomethanol project in California, using Maverick Synfuels’ syngas-to-methanol conversion technology. The initial contract focuses on the project’s Carbon Intensity (CI) study, to be conducted by an independent third party, marking the first milestone in the collaboration. Project developer OroCarbo […]
